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Washington – Trump Says South Korea Pays ‘Peanuts’ For U.S. Troop Presence

Washington – Trump Says South Korea Pays ‘Peanuts’ For U.S. Troop Presence

  Washington – South Korea should pay the United States “very substantially” for maintaining 28,000 troops there to help defend it from the North, Republican… Read More ›

Alleged drug lord ‘La Barbie’ pleads guilty to U.S. charges

Alleged drug lord ‘La Barbie’ pleads guilty to U.S. charges

  Atlanta – A one-time Texas high school football player who achieved notoriety as an alleged cartel kingpin in Mexico pleaded guilty Wednesday to drug traffickingcharges… Read More ›

Cologne mayor’s ‘arm’s length’ advice to avoid sex attacks draws ridicule

Cologne mayor’s ‘arm’s length’ advice to avoid sex attacks draws ridicule

Berlin – Cologne’s mayor has come under fire for advising women to stay “an arm’s length” from male strangers after alleged sexual assaults and muggings during… Read More ›

Trump: North Korea is China’s problem to fix

Trump: North Korea is China’s problem to fix

New York – Donald Trump says he’s sick and tired of the United States acting as the world’s policeman. The day after North Korea claimed that… Read More ›

Chicago college moves to fire Christian hijab-wearing professor

Chicago college moves to fire Christian hijab-wearing professor

Larycia Hawkins disputes university administration’s account of discussions with officials about views they deemed contrary to school’s ‘doctrinal convictions’   CHICAGO (AP) — The professor… Read More ›

US, experts cast doubt on North Korea’s H-bomb claim

US, experts cast doubt on North Korea’s H-bomb claim

White House says initial analysis ‘is not consistent with the claim Pyongyang has made of a successful hydrogen bomb test,’ but it would take days… Read More ›

Intelligence Report: Sensitive tasks ahead for Mossad

Intelligence Report: Sensitive tasks ahead for Mossad

Yossi Cohen believes Iran remains Israel’s No. 1 challenge and will be charged with building ties with Tehran’s Arab foes.   Yossi Cohen took over… Read More ›

This new Samsung laptop is shockingly thin and light

This new Samsung laptop is shockingly thin and light

When I first picked up Samsung’s newest laptop, I almost sent it shooting out of my hand and into the ceiling. At first glance, it… Read More ›

TRUMP: Voters should be concerned about Ted Cruz’s birthplace

TRUMP: Voters should be concerned about Ted Cruz’s birthplace

  Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) mocked Donald Trump’s apparent concerns about whether Cruz’s birthplace should be an issue in the presidential campaign. Cruz tweeted a famous scene of… Read More ›

REPORT: Valeant is appointing a new CEO

REPORT: Valeant is appointing a new CEO

  Embattled pharmaceutical firm Valeant is planning to appoint a new CEO to replace Michael Pearson, who is hospitalized, according to Dow Jones. Current CFO Robert… Read More ›

Washington – Trump Says Rival Cruz’s Canadian Birthplace Could Be ‘big Problem’

Washington – Trump Says Rival Cruz’s Canadian Birthplace Could Be ‘big Problem’

  Washington –  Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump has waded back into the topic of eligibility for the U.S. presidency, telling the Washington Post that… Read More ›

Chicago – College Begins Effort To Fire Professor For Comment On Islam

Chicago – College Begins Effort To Fire Professor For Comment On Islam

  Chicago – Officials of a suburban Chicago Christian college has begun efforts to fire a political science professor who was placed on leave after… Read More ›

Escape from Ramadi: I fed children sleeping pills to stop their tears

Escape from Ramadi: I fed children sleeping pills to stop their tears

Habbaniyah, Iraq – Five-year-old Tabarak had to be given sleeping pills to hush her crying as her family fled from ISIS. For months, her mother Nada… Read More ›

102-story Seattle skyscraper plan deemed a ‘hazard’ to aircraft

102-story Seattle skyscraper plan deemed a ‘hazard’ to aircraft

  With skyscrapers reaching higher each year, it seems the sky’s the limit — unless that sky is full of airplanes. That’s the problem facing… Read More ›

Hong Kong missing booksellers push hidden industry into spotlight

Hong Kong missing booksellers push hidden industry into spotlight

Hong Kong – A government investigation into the mysterious disappearance of five Hong Kong publishers and book sellers this week thrust an unusual publishing industry into… Read More ›

Czech president: Migrant wave an ‘organized invasion’

Czech president: Migrant wave an ‘organized invasion’

Milos Zeman says ‘young men in good health’ ought to stay behind in the Middle East to fight the Islamic State   Czech President Milos… Read More ›

German FM: Europe must reassert control over borders

German FM: Europe must reassert control over borders

Steinmeier warns against associating refugees with terrorists, but calls for measures to strengthen EU security   Europe must gain stronger control of its borders in… Read More ›

Mass sexual assaults in Cologne test German openness to refugees

Mass sexual assaults in Cologne test German openness to refugees

‘Lumping’ the New Year’s Eve attacks by reportedly ‘Arab-looking men’ with the refugee issue ‘is nothing but exploitation,’ warns justice minister   BERLIN, Germany (AFP)… Read More ›

US Jewish groups back Obama on gun control initiatives

US Jewish groups back Obama on gun control initiatives

With his executive actions, Obama is directing federal agencies to take the steps he proposed.   Jewish groups praised new executive actions by President Barack… Read More ›

Germany in shock after dozens of women say were assaulted by ‘North African’ men in Cologne

Germany in shock after dozens of women say were assaulted by ‘North African’ men in Cologne

The demonstration came five days after 90 women reported being robbed, threatened or sexually molested at the New Year’s celebrations outside Cologne’s cathedral by young,… Read More ›